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'''Keith Code''' is an American former [[motorcycle racer]],<ref>{{cite news |first=Marek |last=Fuchs |title=Wheelie Training: A School for Showoffs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/27/automobiles/27wheelie.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5070&en=a69ad3d2825579eb&ex=1117857600 |work=[[New York Times]] |date=2005-05-27 |accessdate=2008-01-20 }}</ref>

[[writer]], and founder of the California Superbike School.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=English |title= The right way to go round the bend |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=/motoring/2002/08/23/emfcode24.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021107201012/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=/motoring/2002/08/23/emfcode24.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=2002-11-07 |work=[[Daily Telegraph]] |date=2002-08-23 |accessdate=2008-01-20 }}</ref>

He has been called "arguably the best known and most successful on-track motorcycle instructor in the world".<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Rider |date=July 1, 2003 |accessdate=2008-01-21 |title=Keith Code is arguably the best known and most successful on-track motorcycle instructor in the world today. (Product Spotlight) |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-3479642_ITM}}</ref>

==Rider training==

[[File:Keith Code at California Superbike School at controls of Honda CBR600RR with rider.jpg|thumb|upright |left |Code coaching a rider]]

Code founded the California Superbike School in 1980. Code's methodology has been taught to numerous championship winning riders such as [[Wayne Rainey]], [[James Toseland]] and [[Leon Camier]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Holmstrom |first=Darwin |title=Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VGrp5Pjsf4UC&pg=PA306&dqq=%22Keith+Code%22&pg=PA306 |accessdate=2008-01-20 |year=2001 |publisher=Alpha Books |isbn=0-02-864258-9 |page=306 }}</ref> As of 2019, riders who have been trained either at his schools or by him personally have won 60 world and national racing championships. His teaching has been spread all over the world.<ref name=telegraph/> His California Superbike Schools have operated at over 90 tracks worldwide in 15 countries and have trained 150,000 riders.

In 2006 he was tasked by the [[United States Marine Corps]] to design a rider training program that would be effective in reducing serious motorcycle accidents among USMC riders. The program, called Advanced Motorcycle Operator School, is now considered the gold standard of rider training by Marine safety personnel due to its graduates' extraordinary safety record over a four-year period.<ref>{{Cite documentweb|url=http://www.public.navy.mil/navsafecen/Documents/media/seashore/smartride/Smart_Ride09.pdf |title=Smart Ride |date=Spring 2009 |publisher=U.S. [[Navy Occupational Safety & Health|US NavyNaval Safety Center]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324213109/http://www.public.navy.mil/navsafecen/Documents/media/seashore/smartride/Smart_Ride09.pdf |archivedate=2012-03-24 }}</ref>

Code has invented rider training devices such as the No Body Steering Bike which illustrates the necessity for counter-steering to be used, the Lean and Slide Bike Trainers that train not only good body positioning and visual skills but also allow riders to experience sliding the machine with much reduced possibility of crashing, and the Panic Braking Trainer that allows riders to experience front wheel lock up and learn how to recover from it.<ref>{{Cite documentweb|url=http://www.superbikeschool.com/machinery/ |title=Machinery |publisher=California Superbike School |accessdate=2009-05-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504083001/http://www.superbikeschool.com/machinery/ |archivedate=2009-05-04 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/boating/1277436.html |date=February 2001 |title=Keith Code's No Body Steering Motorcycle |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502174027/http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/boating/1277436.html |archivedate=2008-05-02 |first=Cliff |last=Gromer |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |url= http://www.soundrider.com/archive/safety-skills/nobsbike.htm |title= Keith Code's No BS bike |first= David L. |last= Hough |authorlink= David L. Hough |magazine = [[Sound RIDER!]] }}</ref>

==Writing==

Code writeswrote a monthly column in [[Motorcyclist (magazine)|''Motorcyclist'' magazine]] called Code Break. He has also opened a specialized school for racing techniques, called Code R.A.C.E.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rubbermag.com/news/0707/070720_01.html |title=CODE R.A.C.E Program |accessdate=2008-01-20 |work=Rubber Magazine |url-status=deadusurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613173745/http://www.rubbermag.com/news/0707/070720_01.html |archivedate=2008-06-13 }}</ref> He has written three books about [[Sport bike|sportsbike]] riding and racing techniques, and also one feature length DVD covering the content of his second ''A Twist of the Wrist'' book.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}} His works have been translated into Russian, German, Estonian, Greek, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Dutch and Turkish.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

==Personal life==

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Keith Code practices [[Scientology]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://superbikeschool.com/files/code-rw-interview.pdf |title=14 Questions For A Speed Guru |first=John |last=Ulrich |publisher=Roadracing World & Motorcycle Technology |issue=4 |volume=15 |date=April 2005 |via=Superbike School |access-date=January 19, 2023 }}</ref> and the [[Church of Scientology]] has quoted him:

As{{blockquote|Well, aI memberdidn't ofhave an occupation. At the [[Churchtime, my idea toward life was to see how little I could do and basically how much and how many kinds of drugs I could take. I wasn't doing anything with my life. When I got into Scientology]] a lot changed right away. For the first time ever, hisI saw that there was hope and that was very encouraging. When I received Scientology counseling to handle my drug problem, my life isstarted citedgoing byup theand churchup asand aup successand storyhasn't stopped since.|Keith Code<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whatisscientology.org/html/Part05/Chp19/pg0326.html |title=Successes Of Scientology |accessdate=2011-09-15 |work=What is Scientology? |publisher=Church of Scientology International |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209011310/http://whatisscientology.org/html/Part05/Chp19/pg0326.html |archivedate=February 9, 2009 }}</ref>}}

{{quote|Well, I didn't have an occupation. At the time, my idea toward life was to see how little I could do and basically how much and how many kinds of drugs I could take. I wasn't doing anything with my life. When I got into Scientology a lot changed right away. For the first time ever, I saw that there was hope and that was very encouraging. When I received Scientology counseling to handle my drug problem, my life started going up and up and up and hasn't stopped since.|Keith Code|}}

==Works==

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* {{cite book |last=Code |first=Keith |title=Twist of the Wrist: The Motorcycle Roadracers Handbook |year=19971983 |publisher=Code Break |___location=USA |isbn=09780965045018 |url-9650450-1-3access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/twistofwristmoto00code }}

* {{cite book |last=Code |first=Keith |title=A Twist of the Wrist 2: The Basics of High-Performance Motorcycle Riding |year=1997 |publisher=Code Break |___location=USA |isbn= 0-9650450-2-1}}

* {{cite book |last=Code |first=Keith |author2=David Gordon |title=A Gear Higher: The Bicycle Racer's Handbook of Techniques

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* {{cite book |last=Ibbott |first=Andy |author2=Keith Code |title=Performance Riding Techniques: The MotoGP manual of track riding skills |year=2006 |publisher=Haynes Publishing |___location=USA |isbn= 1-84425-343-0}}

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==References==

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==External links==

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*{{Official website |[http://www.keithcodesuperbikeschool.com/}} SuperBikeSchool.com]

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